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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	How to make a great Ball seem to come through a Table into a Cup	from bottom of table to under cup after spectator checked the cup by himself		1634	The Art of Legerdemain Discovered	15	Ball / "Small" Ball / Through the table Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Moves with Balls & Wand
Philip Breslaw	The learned little Swan, One of Mr. Breslaw's Grand Deceptions	automaton swan swims in a bowl with letters of alphabet on the rim, spelling a name or swims to named letter, on magnets and anecdote of Breslaw being heckled by Francis Blake Delaval	Related to Le Cygne ingénieux. (Henri Decremps, 1785)	1784	Breslaw's Last Legacy	33	Articles / Anecdotes Automaton / Fake Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
	The Magic Whistle	only performer can produce sound, described as heckler stopper		1876	Modern Magic	341	Whistle
	The Electric Wand	as practical joke to shock spectator or heckler (!)		1890	More Magic	4	Wand & Stick / Gaffed
	Eine gezogene Karte zu verwandeln	No. 38, selection put on top, another card is on top when checked again after putting hand on top of deck, sticky hand		1895	Der Kartenkünstler	45	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Carl Willmann	Die Rache des Zauberers	The Revenge of the Magician, story about how a heckler (photographer) was found next day, face of performer appears as skull, invisible painting on the face		Jan. 1897	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)	15	Photograph Articles / Columns
Carl Willmann	Das bezauberte Schloss	lock opens itself when hanging on a wand, used as heckler stopper		July 1902	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 7)	107	Lock
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli	VI. Der Regiezettel	"director notes", systematically writing routines down to have to have a check sheet when preparing it (trick, props, preparation, help)		1903	Moderne Magie	65	Articles / Theory & Essays
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli	Die Wirkung des Heckepfennigs.	No. 17, selected number of coins appear, with coin tray and playing cards to select number		1926	Magische Miniaturen	57	Coin / Gaffed / Tray Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Tray
Charles T. Jordan	Just the Reverse	card chosen and replaced, deck cased and dumped out again so the spectator can check it, card turns over, stripper card held back and then deck replaced reversed	Related to Pinching Strippers (Thomas Baxter, 2008) Side Effect (Karl Fulves, 2010) Also published here Just the Reverse (Charles T. Jordan, 1975) Just al Contrario (Charles T. Jordan, 1983) Just the Reverse (Charles T. Jordan, 1992)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	268	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Billy O'Connor	The Bill in the Envelope	burned bill reappears in empty envelope, number checked		1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	29	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
	Multiplication	single bill becomes twenty bills, also as cashing a check		1937	Money Magic	27	Bill / Appearance & Production
	The Card Case and Finger Tip	case with slit, finger tip with needle	Related to Experiment No. 13 (Steve Dusheck, 1991)	1938	Greater Magic	405	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Will De Sieve	Two New Locator Cards - Coin Impression	"Master Card Control", coin leaves circular impression	Related to A Card Locater (Marconick, 1967) Bumper Cards (Karl Fulves, 2003) Variations Double Coin Impression (Steve Dusheck, 2010) Also published here Coin Impression Locator (Will De Sieve, 2010)	1938	Greater Magic	478	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work
	Verkauf - und Tauschecke	sales corner		1939	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 1)	5	Articles / Articles
Theodore Annemann	The Invisible Pull	thumb tip at pull, applied to paper restoration, silk/cigarette vanish	Related to A Reel Thumb Tip (Steve Dusheck, 1991)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 86)	546	Pull & Holdouts Paper / Torn & Restored Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / Bare Handed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
	42 - "Blindman's 'Bluff'."	Way to glimpse a card when met with a heckler, even when deck is held behind back the entire time (card also chosen behind the performer's back)		1940	"Outs" Precautions and Challenges	58	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / For single Card or small Packet
Charles Hopkins	45 - Look for informal "readers".	Check for telltale nicks/dirt/scrapes on cards	Related to Second Method (Edward Marlo, 1956)	1940	"Outs" Precautions and Challenges	63	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Peculiarities of certain Cards
Charles Hopkins	What Makes Audiences Get That Way	Why do audiences heckle?		1940	"Outs" Precautions and Challenges	74	Articles / Theory & Essays
Charles Hopkins	The Heckler... Ding Bust His Buttons!			1940	"Outs" Precautions and Challenges	76	Articles / Theory & Essays
Eddie Joseph	Personal Publicity	magic square with letters on business cards, playing checkers with spectator, word aid		1940 ca.	Original Tricks	14	Numbers / Magic Square Business Cards Games / Checkers
	Rapid Banking	bill transposes with check in two double envelopes		1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	189	Bill / Transposition Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
	Sign-A-Bill	gag, bills bound into check book		1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	135	Bill / Miscellaneous
L. Vosburgh Lyons, Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson, Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson	Boxed	piece of a magazine is put on a string and the ends of the string thread through two holes in a box, a word is selected and when checked on the piece on the string all words are crossed out except the selected one	Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, 1945)	Apr. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 81)	328	Box Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Henry J. Young	Checkers to Pear to Rice	production and transformation box		1946	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)	22	Illusions / Transformation Apparatus / Miscellaneous Checkers / Miscellaneous
Royal H. Brin, Jr.	The Elusive Card	card travels from packet to packet, packet encircled with rubber band and when checked card with message is found		Mar. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 10)	203	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Hen Fetsch	Your Move	red and black liquid change into checkers, inside paper cone		1946	Milk Pitcher Magic	27	Liquid / Transformation Games / Checkers Liquid / Milk Pitcher Paper / Cone made from Paper
Laurie Ireland	A Checker Mystery	handkerchief transformation in tube, checkers production		1947	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947)	8	Silk & Handkerchief / Transformation Checkers / Miscellaneous
Mike Bornstein	Zombino	as Kolma, floating ball, thumb tip with wire and ball	Related to Improved Floating Dollar Bill (Mike Bornstein, 1984) Experiment No. 13 (Steve Dusheck, 1991)	Jan. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 117)	469	Ball / Billiard Ball / Sleights / Gaffed Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
J. B. Bobo	The Squirting Nickel	use for hollow coin to squirt water from, heckler stopper		1947	Watch This One!	95	Coin / Gaffed / Off-beat Gaffs Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Hans "Severus" Ernst	Switzerland - Happy Land	check changes to bill, bill appears in case and tube		1947	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)	15	Bill / Traveling / Miscellaneous Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Tréborix	Divination de pions	checkers with numbers on one side, checkers are moved and number is divined, followed by german translation "Altes Trick in neuer Fassung"		1947	La Baguette Magique (Issue 16)	4	Numbers / Thought Reading and similar Games / Checkers
C. L. Boarde	Living and Dead - Variation E	list, check mark by performer		1947	Mainly Mental Vol. 1 — Billet Reading	82	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Russell "Rusduck" Duck	No Misdirection	trick to play on people who want to show performer a trick, heckler gag		July 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 154)	619	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Dr. F. W. van Klaveren	Die betrogenen Betrüger	story trick, a guy apparently got heckled, Aces found together in the deck		1948	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 2&3)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
	Glass and Check	removing check under glass, with coin balancing on rim		1949	Over the Coffee Cups	25	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Coin / Effect Themes / Puzzle
	Catching the Check	catching check / bill between fingers		1949	Over the Coffee Cups	29	Bill / Miscellaneous Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Eddie Joseph	Thought Interception (or Starology)	chosen word or object is divined, among several objects one is chosen and on a chart with different letters spectator has to check in which column first letter of his object appears (binary method), several variations Close-Up Presentation "A" Close-Up Presentation "B" Close-Up Presentation "C" Close-Up Presentation "D" Close-Up Presentation "E" Club Presentation Stage Presentation Two Person Presentation Additional Effects "Think of your Age"		1949	Thought Interception	1	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Frank Joglar	Combined S.A.M.-I.B.M. Convention (Backstage with Frank Joglar)	on Marvin Roy, Clark Crandall, Goodliffe, Geoffrey Buckingham, Francis White, Paula Bird, Sorcar, Willane, Bert Allerton, Matt Schulien, Jimmy Muir, LePaul, John Ramsay, Dr. Jaks, Walter Gibson, Kuda Bux, Al Flosso, Zovello, Tommy Tucker and many more International Night National Night More on the Conclave News and Notes The Hartmans TV Topic Check List Instructions One Versus Many Magic Battle		June 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)	667	Articles / Articles Articles / Convention Reports
Milbourne Christopher	Coin From Check	coin produced from check		June 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)	671	Coin / Gaffed / Hooked Coin Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous
Evans Morgan	Paying the Check	tearing a bill from a check book. gag		1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	34	Bill / Miscellaneous
	Bill (18)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks bills rubber cemented into check book, gag		May 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 12)	787	Bill / Miscellaneous Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
	Checkers (1)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks removing bottom checker of a stack		Aug. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)	829	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Checkers
	Checkers (2)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks removing bottom checker from a stack using another checker		Aug. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)	831	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Checkers
	Checkers (3)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks rolling a dime on a checkerboard in circles		Aug. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)	831	Coin / Sleights / Flourishes Games / Checkers
	Checkers (4)	Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks checkers puzzle using eight in a row		Aug. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)	831	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Checkers
Al Baker	The Baker General Utility Hook-up		Variations Universal Gimmick (Steve Dusheck, 1994) Also published here The Baker General Utility Hook-Up (Al Baker, 2003)	1951	Pet Secrets	11	Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Bob Hummer	Politicians Puzzle	6x6 checkerboard, three checkers put on three D's for Democrats or three R's for Republican, spectator can spell a word with the three checkers, moving them for each letter, back is turned and politicians can be divined	Also published here Politicians Puzzle (Bob Hummer, 1980)	1952 (ca.)	Politicians Puzzle	1	Games / Checkers Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Bob Hummer	Mom and Pop Puzzle	six checkers on a checkerboard, mom and pop are spelled several times, when performer turns over last spelled word is divined	Also published here Mom and Pop Puzzle (Bob Hummer, 1980)	1952 (ca.)	Politicians Puzzle	2	Games / Checkers Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Miles E. Hess	A Spectacular Check Book	check book with dollar bills, miniature bill is removed, gag		1953	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)	18	Bill / Miscellaneous Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Karrell Fox	They're All Aces - Take a Card any card	ideas and gags Old Money (bill with beard) Bedroom Eyes (beds on glasses) Genii Weenie (hot dog from Aladin lamp) Bounced (rubber check joke) Candelabra (original way to light three matches on a matchbook) Nose Nonsense (spoon on nose gag) Fan Fun (fan gag)		July 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 311)	42	Glasses Spoon & Fork Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Bill / Miscellaneous Food / Sausage Fan Electronics / Lamp
Bobby Bernard	If You Knew Susie	presentation for "Suzy and the City Slickers" / Draught Board Mystery / Checker Board Mystery		1955	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)	37	Articles / Articles
Gustl Schieb	Mein Tituba Trick	pegasus page from chosen magazine, to nest of envelopes which were checked before		1955	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 3)	300	Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope Book / Book Test / Pegasus Page
Stewart James	The Open Prediction #15	prediction shown after the deal, dealt cards dealt once more to check for prediction, glide as switch		Aug. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 3)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bob Hummer	Hummer's Checker Trick	Spectator moves three checker pieces around on the board via spelling, magician can divine the starting positions of the checker pieces		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	62	Games / Checkers Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
	The Checkerboard Paradox	Geometrical vanish of a square on a checkerboard		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	129	Puzzle / Geometrical Vanish
Martin Gardner	The "One Two Three" Trick	three sets of Ace to Three are removed, one set put in a face-up row on table, one set put face down under those cards in the row, last three cards are distributed by spectator so they don't match the face-up cards, face-down cards either predict the placement, or each set has an Ace, Two and Three, also suggestion with other objects (different-sized cups of three colors)	Variations Triball Rites (Tom Stone, 2004) The "One-Two-Three" Trick (Nick Trost, 2008) The Ace-Two-Three Trick (Steve Beam, Martin Gardner, 2010) Checkmate (Steve Beam, 2010) A.F. Taft Prediction (Steve Beam, 2010) The True Name of Trigrammaton (Tom Stone, 2014)	July 1956	Ibidem (Issue 6)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley	26th Card Faro Check	for credit information see reference	Related to Faro Check (Alex Elmsley, 1994)	1958	The Faro Shuffle	11	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Cutting at 26
Edward Marlo	Partial Faro Check	to get several packets with the same number of cards		1958	The Faro Shuffle	22	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Partial Faro
Edward Marlo	Uses of Partial Faro Check - Faro Fooler #9	face-up card is sandwiched by two selections, or used to count to them		1958	Faro Notes	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Instant 26th Location	getting a selection to top with faro, crimp, twenty-sixth faro check and half plus one principle		1958	Faro Notes	66	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Tony Corinda	(5) Safety Checks to Eliminate Errors			1958	Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading	31	Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading
Al Leech	Name Speller	card and its position remembered, then it is checked that it is no longer at its position, card found by spelling the spectator's name	Related to Incredulity Assured (Jon Racherbaumer, Al Leech, 2020) Variations Name Speller Triple Deal (Nick Trost, 2019) Also published here Homespun Spell (Al Leech, 2024)	1959	Cardmanship	8	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Eddie Joseph	Identifying the Personality	business cards are borrowed and seven-digit numbers are formed by drawing checkers with numbers, numbers and names are remembered, memory bluff		1959	Memory of the Mind	11	Propless / Memory Stunts / Miscellaneous Business Cards
Mel Stover	Puzzle: Black Chinese Checkers		Related to Swiss Checkers (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), 1969)	Dec. 1959	Ibidem (Issue 19)	31	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Games / Checkers
Edward Marlo	Fifth Method: The Faro Check			1962	Estimation	9	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Cutting at 26 Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement
Edward Marlo	Fingertip Riffle Peek Estimation	"Forced Estimation", Pinch Check	Related to First Method (Edward Marlo, 1956) Variations How's That? (Edward Marlo, 1992)	1962	Estimation	20	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Natural Estimation Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Fingertip Peek Controls
Don Tanner	Automatic Check Casher	check inside card box turns into bill		1962	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)	51	Cards / Props & Apparatus / Card Box (e.g. with Flap) Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Edward Marlo	Technicolor Prediction	spectator turns over one card behind back, reversed card was predicted and has different colored back, several methods	Related to The Bet without Odds - Solutions (Edward Marlo, 1966) One Card Brainwave (Steve Dusheck, 1992) Reverse Engineer (Asi Wind, 2018)	1962	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)	64	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
North Bigbee	Checker-Mate	checkers with holes on ribbon, order changes		Dec. 1962	The New Phoenix (Issue 375)	327	Checkers / Miscellaneous
James Steranko	Pile of Trouble	deck with in-jogged card dribbled on table, then Checkerino to apparently square cards and control selection	Related to "Checkerino" (James Steranko, Genii, June 1961, p. 411)	1962	The Ultimate Move	[27]	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Tabled
David Hoy	Dr. Rhine, Improved	three ESP cards are selected and put on a folded checker board, the spectator can decide the position and they match with the three prediction cards		1963	The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust	9	ESP Cards / Prediction
Terry Nosek	Stock Market Manipulations	cards with companies and their price of the stock, selected stock checked in the newspaper loses and performer's stock is worth more		1966	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)	42	Mental Magic / Effects / Gag Games / Miscellaneous
Paul Stadelman	A H--- of a Trick	verbal gag using cards, for dealing with heckler		1966	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)	84	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker
F.W. Lindsley, Charlie Miller	Cashing A Check	torn check is wrapped in paper, when light with a match it transforms into bills		1967	Charlie Miller Lecture Notes	7	Paper / Transformation Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Robert Ellenwold, Karl Fulves	Blindfold Checkers	checker board, prediction details how to play so chosen color wins	Related to p. 166 for credit information Variations Checkers (Roy Walton, 1968) Stepping Stones (Roy Walton, 1969) Also published here Damespielen mit verbundenen Augen (Robert Ellenwold, 1975)	Jan. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 3)	149	Games / Checkers
Jack Avis	Check Cop Move	coin steal		May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	177	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
Roy Walton	Checkers	card version with two decks	Inspired by Blindfold Checkers (Robert Ellenwold, Karl Fulves, 1968) Related to Stepping Stones (Roy Walton, 1969)	May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	178	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Checkers
Jules DeBarros	Tibetan Checkers	chink-a-chink type routine with different-colored checkers instead of coins, first part	Related to Tibetan Checkers (Jules DeBarros, 1970)	Winter 1969	The Hierophant (Issue 2)	74	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Chink a Chink
Roy Walton	Stepping Stones	solution for a problem posed by Fulves, several variations	Inspired by Blindfold Checkers (Robert Ellenwold, Karl Fulves, 1968) Related to Checkers (Roy Walton, 1968) Variations Magician's Playing Checkers (Steve Beam, 2020) Also published here Stepping Stones (Roy Walton, 1981)	1969	The Devil's Playthings	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry
	Holding the Bag	gag with handkerchief, for hecklers		1969	Fun With A Handkerchief	17	Silk & Handkerchief / Gags
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	Swiss Checkers	game/puzzle analysis	Related to Puzzle: Black Chinese Checkers (Mel Stover, 1959)	Aug. 1969	Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)	47	Games / Checkers
Jules DeBarros	Tibetan Checkers	chink-a-chink type routine with different-colored checkers instead of coins, second part	Related to Tibetan Checkers (Jules DeBarros, 1969)	Summer 1970	The Hierophant (Issue 4)	178	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Chink a Chink
Edward Marlo	right-hand pressure fan notes	reverse fan applications, hiding face-up cards in face-down fan, All Backs, ..., right-handed pressure fan suggested by Frank Shields	Variations The Spectator's Triumph (Allan Ackerman, Heck, 1978) Also published here Right-Handed Pressure Fan (Frank Shields, 2017)	Summer 1970	The Hierophant (Issue 4)	210	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck
Gene Finnell	Checkerboard Game	betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see also p. 486 for comment by Bill Taylor	Variations The N.C. Game (Roy Walton, 1972)	June 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 8)	423	Games / Miscellaneous
James G. Thompson Jr.	Thoughts At Work	selection removed from deck and checked that it's missing, yet removed card changes to indifferent card and selection is back in deck		Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	500	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
Roy Walton	The N.C. Game	betting game with 4x4 checkerboard and cover cards that cover all except one square, performer always wins, see p. 608 for correction	Inspired by Checkerboard Game (Gene Finnell, 1971)	Sep. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 11)	562	Games / Miscellaneous
Frederick M. Shields	Actors, the Stage, and Magicians - Part 2	Basic Stage Talk It Started Long Ago Stage Directions 'Strong' Stage Positions When the Curtains Part Break the Pattern Then What? Shields' Firs 'Law' But Ask for Help if You Need It You Never Whistle the Scenery Check over Your Equipment		1972	Magick (Issue 51)	255	Articles / Theory & Essays
Jeffery Atkins	The Magic Kettle	The Properties The Bar The Kettle Tankards The Glasses The Set-up Double Check The Presentation A Preface to the Effect (Multum in Parvo in Reverse) A Quick Drink! Drinks from the Kettle An Advantage Pace! Beer Here! Ready for the Switch Drinks for All! Something for the Children! Notes and Observations Another "Out" Economy! Some Further Thoughts A Different Presentation! A Gag		1972	The Magic Kettle	8	Liquid / Bar - Any Drink Called For Food / Beer
M. J. Oeink	Oenik's Gambling Moves: 1) Check Cap	No. 382-1, cryptic chip steal		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	104	Chip / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Cheating (misc)
Theo "Okito" Bamberg, David Tobias Bamberg	Checker Cabinet	box with three doors, pile of checkers placed under a tube and a glass with a handkerchief into the box, transposition	Variations Checker Cabinet (1982)	1973	The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs	127	Silk & Handkerchief / Transposition Black Art Apparatus / Miscellaneous Checkers / Miscellaneous
Ken De Courcy	The Chinese Check	unusual method to multiply two numbers with some sort of grid		1973	Pentertain	8	Numbers / Calculating & Mental Arithmetic
Paul Curry	The Missing Thought	spectator sits on a card, looks at all the other cards, magician checks all the cards he receives on a pad, except the chosen one		1974	Paul Curry Presents	71	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Eight Kings Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
	Checkerboard Bet	tracing path in checkerboard		Jan. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 3)	701	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Thomas Alan Waters	Check Mate	two decks, card turned over also card next to reversed card is the same as in second deck		1974	Magick (Issue 96)	479	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Steve Spillman	Check Book Chicanery	wallet with check book, bill appears, changes into concert ticket, vanish and appear again, Himber Wallet		1974	Imagine Magic	6	Wallet Bill / Appearance & Production Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / Props
Steve Spillman	Checker Chum	spectator holds checker board, three checkers penetrate board	Also published here Checker Chum (Steve Spillman, 1980)	1974	Imagine Magic	20	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One Games / Checkers
	Center Glimpse	faro check		1975	Afterthoughts	129	Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break, jog, ...
John A. Novak	Budget Saver	substitute for Himber wallet, checkbook		1975	Magick (Issue 126)	628	Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Robert Ellenwold	Damespielen mit verbundenen Augen	checker board, prediction details how to play so chosen color wins	Also published here Blindfold Checkers (Robert Ellenwold, Karl Fulves, 1968)	Nov. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)	17	Games / Checkers
Ken De Courcy	Cross Check			1975	Son of Pentertain	15	Games / Tic Tac Toe
Gerald Kosky	Super Money Passbook	check changes to money, using switching folder / Jacob's Ladder Instructions for Making the Folder		1975	The Magic of Gerald Kosky	201	Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / Props
Charles T. Jordan	Just the Reverse	card chosen and replaced, deck cased and dumped out again so the spectator can check it, card turns over, stripper card held back and then deck replaced reversed	Also published here Just the Reverse (Charles T. Jordan, 1937)	1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks	134	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Lawrence Nudelman	Cashing a Check	bills produced from check, check itself vanishes optionally		1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes	6	Bill / Appearance & Production
Lawrence Nudelman, Steve Dusheck	The Hole-y Dollar Bill by Steve Dusheck, Jr.	"Larry Nudelman's Version" eight holes punched in folded Dollar bill, bill is restored	Inspired by Dollar Punch (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes — Volume 4	3	Bill / Torn & Restored
Tony Slydini	A Direct Palm	with Checkpoints		1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	23	Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes - DON'T USE THIS ANYMORE
Tony Slydini	Slydini on the Mock Pass	with Checkpoints		1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	24	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
Tony Slydini	Timing	Checkpoints Applying the Concept of Timing		1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	37	Articles / Theory & Essays
Tony Slydini	The Revolve	vanish using lap Details of The Revolve Checkpoints		1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	41	Lapping Principles / General Principles Coin / Sleights / Lapping / as a Vanish
Tony Slydini	Slydini Technique for Palming a Cigarette	The Retrieval Checkpoints		1976	The Best of Slydini ...and More	52	Cigarette & Cigar / Sleights
Gene Nielsen	Check Mate	checkers in bag, spectator choses only checker with different color, forcing bag with flap	Related to Mental-Market (Gene Nielsen, 1982)	1976	Magick (Issue 150)	749	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Games / Checkers Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
	Blue Phantom	pile of checkers, bottom checker travels to the top and back, with a tube		1976	Classic Magic with Apparatus	99	Checkers / Blue Phantom
Burling Hull	Pointers and Tips from Experience on Working Tables	Handling Hecklers Charity Drives Fees and Gratuities		1976	The Amazing World of Mentalism	199	Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Articles / Articles
Steve Dusheck	Copper-Silver Transposition	"Slippery Sam" forerunner, sliding shell	Also published here Copper/Silver Transposition (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.) Copper/Silver Transposition (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1977	Close-up Cavalcade Finale	30	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Steve Dusheck	Coin and Cord	coin with hole, slit	Also published here Coin and Cord (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.) Coin and Cord (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1977	Close-up Cavalcade Finale	110	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String
Philip T. Goldstein	Dealing with Hecklers	Disruptive Influences Possibly Jealousy Individual Approach You Must Deal Directly Begging Does Not Work The Advantage Is Yours Use Confidence Underdog Reaction Temper Your Response Don't React Defensively Not One Victory A Fact of Life		1977	Magick (Issue 189)	945	Articles / Theory & Essays
Karl Fulves	Blackmailing the Enemy	spectator balances coin on nose and must make it fall, then coin pressed on spectator's forehead, heckler stopper, picture snapped with camera	Related to Blackmail (Karl Fulves, 1985)	1977	The Magic Book	144	Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Allan Ackerman, Heck	The Spectator's Triumph	spectator shuffles cards face up and face down, ungaffed (almost)	Inspired by right-hand pressure fan notes (Edward Marlo, 1970) Variations The Spectator Triumphs! (Edward Marlo, 1998)	1978	Here's My Card	68	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
John F. Mendoza	The Automatic Deck	sliding block production	Inspired by No Sliding (Karl Fulves, 1971) F.C.D. Aces (Derek Dingle, Walter E. Cummings, Eddie Fechter, 1972) Related to Compucard (Meir Yedid, 1982) Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1992)	1978	The Book of John	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Doug Edwards	Check Mate	mates of two cards are found		1978	Cardmania	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Steve Dusheck	Dusheck's Color Change	featuring unusual steal	Also published here Dusheck's Color Change (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1978	Real Magic	124	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Don Tanner	Rice, Lemon & Checkers	rice, lemon and checkers are placed in three cloth bags, they transpose around		1978	It's in the Bag	14	Food / Rice Food / Fruit Games / Checkers Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Obie O'Brien	USA Happenings	on Terry Seabrooke, Abbott's Get Together, Tom Mullica, Paul Gertner, Father Cyprian, Howard Flint, Steve Dusheck		Oct. 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 10)	746	Articles / Columns
Jules Hirsch	Ivory Tower	stunt with stack of checkers or dice, chip is rolled towards it and one is thrown out		1979	The Chronicles (Issue 24)	1297	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Chip / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Liar's Stop Trick	card at number remembered, then a different number checked and the card is now there, posed as problem		1979	Interlocutor (Issue 36)	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Alexander Renno	Mind's Eye	several chess pieces in a box, performer divines the one which is removed	Related to No Ink-Ling (Michael DeMarco, 1991) Variations Mental Checkmate (Gene "Phantini" Grant, 1981)	1979	Magick (Issue 242)	1207	Box Games / Chess / Miscellaneous Magnet / As Hidden Method / Box with Objects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Larry Becker	Will Power	six checks to celebrities, prediction of chosen check	Related to Dai Vernon's "Mental Die"	1979	The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II	118	Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Steve Beam, Don Morris	Hecklers	Out, when spectator wants to see performer's hands		1979	Inside Outs	18	Coin / Sleights / General Comments
Tom Ogden	Five and One	penetration and changes of 1$ and 5$ bills, if you are cheap check page 468		Sep. 1980	Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 9)	385	Bill / Penetration Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
Karl Fulves	Parity Check	"Parallel Lines" with color coding		1980	Parallel Lines	21	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Bob Hummer	Politicians Puzzle	6x6 checkerboard, three checkers put on three D's for Democrats or three R's for Republican, spectator can spell a word with the three checkers, moving them for each letter, back is turned and politics can be divined	Also published here Politicians Puzzle (Bob Hummer, 1952 (ca.))	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	3	Games / Checkers Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Bob Hummer	Mom and Pop Puzzle	six checkers on a checkerboard, mom and pop are spelled several times, when performer turns over last spelled word is divined	Variations Die Box Construct (Karl Fulves, 1999) Also published here Mom and Pop Puzzle (Bob Hummer, 1952 (ca.))	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	34	Games / Checkers Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Bob Hummer	Voodoo Fortune Telling	cards with questions on one side and different pictures of zombies on the other side, one question is selected and cards separated several times while checking different features of the zombies, eventually a four digit number is evaluated and leads to the answer of the question in a book, system is explained with playing cards		1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	73	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Hummer's Fortune Telling Book	cards with questions on one side and different pictures of zombies on the other side, one question is selected and cards separated several times while checking different features of the zombies, eventually a four digit number is evaluated and leads to the answer of the question in a book	Related to Martin Gardner (Martin Gardner, 1981) Variations James E. Sansotera (James E. Sansotera, 1981)	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	77	Cards / Principles / De Bruijn Sequence (Gray Code) Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Mathematical
Dr. Dan J. Alessini	Credit Check	prediction in form of X on one of five credit cards, erasable ink		1980	Magick (Issue 255)	1273	Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Credit Card / Mental Mental Magic / Principles / Secretly erasing Writing
Craig Karges	Chek Mate	bank night, spectators play for performer's fee, psychological twist, clear forcing bag / check mate	Variations Just Good Fortune (Richard Mark, 35) Pay Blaze (Ted Lesley, 1994)	1980	Magick (Issue 265)	1322	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Steve Spillman	Checker Chum	spectator holds checker board, three checkers penetrate board	Related to Checker Chum (Steve Spillman, 1980) Also published here Checker Chum (Steve Spillman, 1974)	1980	The Spill Bar and Grille	55	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One Games / Checkers
Steve Spillman	Checker Chum	additional notes	Related to Checker Chum (Steve Spillman, 1980)	1980	The Spill Bar and Grille	63	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / One by One Games / Checkers
Steve Dusheck	Waltzing Matilda	small silk floats between hands, stretched spring attached to thumb	Also published here Waltzing Matilda (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	1	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation
Steve Dusheck	By the Handful	single penny changes into dime, then bunch of pennies change into dimes	Also published here By the Handful (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	2	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
Steve Dusheck	Coin Cordial	one of two coins penetrates plastic glass	Also published here Coin Cordial (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.) Coin Cordial (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	3	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Glass
Steve Dusheck	Dollar Punch	holes punched in folded Dollar bill, bill is restored	Related to Dusheck's Dollar Punch (Steve Dusheck, 1993 ca.) Variations The Hole-y Dollar Bill by Steve Dusheck, Jr. (Lawrence Nudelman, Steve Dusheck, 1975-1978 ca.) Also published here Dollar Punch (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	4	Bill / Miscellaneous Bill / Torn & Restored
Steve Dusheck	Coin and Cord	coin with hole, slit	Also published here Coin and Cord (Steve Dusheck, 1977)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	5	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String
Steve Dusheck	Coin/Card	gaff in which a thin coin is attached to a strip at the back of a card	Also published here Coin/Card (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	6	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Card and Coin Gimmicks Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Half a Buck	coin changes to bill (perhaps, effect not clear)	Also published here Half a Buck (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	7	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Coins
Steve Dusheck	Riot Rope	ropes attached with thin thread		1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	8	Rope / Cut & Restored
Steve Dusheck	Hole Transposition	two cards, a hole travels from one card to another in a plastic case	Also published here Hole Transpo (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Magnetic & Shimmed Card
Steve Dusheck	Holed Up	cork pushed halfway through hole in card, moved around	Also published here Holed Up (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	10	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling) Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Magnetic & Shimmed Card Cork
Steve Dusheck	Monte Zuma	two cards, one held behind back, spectator always guesses wrong	Also published here Monte Zuma (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Magnetic & Shimmed Card Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Steve Dusheck	Hole Card - Whole Card	two cards transpose in vinyl cases, one of the cards has a hole	Also published here HoleCard/Whole Card (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s)
Steve Dusheck	Changing Card Award	visibly changing card	Also published here Changing Card (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	13	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Color Change Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Steve Dusheck	Cornography	corner torn off, it visibly restored	Also published here Cornography (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Flap Cards (Acrobatic)
Steve Dusheck	Copper/Silver Transposition	"Slippery Sam" forerunner, sliding shell	Also published here Copper-Silver Transposition (Steve Dusheck, 1977)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	15	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Steve Dusheck	Shrinking Fluid	coin dropped into shot glass with water, it shrinks	Also published here Shrinking Fluid (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	16	Coin / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking Coin / Gaffed / Sticky
Steve Dusheck	Dusheck's Dollar	cut and restored bill, gaffed bill	Also published here Dusheck's Dollar (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	17	Bill / Torn & Restored
Steve Dusheck	Astro Perception Calendar	spectator's birth month used to count to a ESP symbol on a grid, it's predicted	Also published here Astro Perception Calendar (Steve Dusheck, 1993)	1980 ca.	Lecture No. 1	18	Numbers / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Waltzing Matilda	small silk floats between hands, stretched spring attached to thumb	Also published here Waltzing Matilda (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	1	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation
Steve Dusheck	Coin and Cord	coin with hole, slit	Also published here Coin and Cord (Steve Dusheck, 1977)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	2	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String
Steve Dusheck	Coin Cordial	one of two coins penetrates plastic glass	Also published here Coin Cordial (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	3	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Glass
Steve Dusheck	Coin/Card	gaff in which a thin coin is attached to a strip at the back of a card	Also published here Coin/Card (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	4	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Card and Coin Gimmicks Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Surprise	jumbo coin production from a few cards, plastic wallet		1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	5	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Steve Dusheck	Case of Identity	multiple out prediction in wallet	Also published here Case of Identity (Steve Dusheck, 1991)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	6	Wallet Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Steve Dusheck	Great Pretender	vanishing a handful of pennies in clear tube		1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	7	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Multiple Coin Vanishes / With Props Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
Steve Dusheck	By the Handful	single penny changes into dime, then bunch of pennies change into dimes	Also published here By the Handful (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	8	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
Steve Dusheck	Half Back	penny dropped from bulldog clip visually changes into half dollar	Also published here Half Back (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	9	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Steve Dusheck	Dusheck's Dollar	cut and restored bill, gaffed bill	Also published here Dusheck's Dollar (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	10	Bill / Torn & Restored
Steve Dusheck	Half a Buck	coin changes to bill (perhaps, effect not clear)	Also published here Half a Buck (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	11	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Coins
Steve Dusheck	Copper/Silver Transposition	"Slippery Sam" forerunner, sliding shell	Also published here Copper-Silver Transposition (Steve Dusheck, 1977)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	12	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Steve Dusheck	E.S. Pen	double writing with pen that has small pen hinged to it	Also published here E.S. Pen (Steve Dusheck, 1993)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	13	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Dollar Punch	holes punched in folded Dollar bill, bill is restored	Also published here Dollar Punch (Steve Dusheck, 1980 ca.)	1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	14	Bill / Miscellaneous Bill / Torn & Restored
Steve Dusheck	Pad-I-Add Triks	magnetic switch pad		1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	15	Paper / Add-a-Number Pad
Steve Dusheck	Diminishing Deck			1980 ca.	Lecture Notes	16	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Diminishing Cards
Gene "Phantini" Grant	Mental Checkmate	spectator selects four chess pieces from a box and puts them in different pockets, performer knows which piece is where	Inspired by Mind's Eye (Alexander Renno, 1979)	1981	Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two	75	Mental Magic / Effects / Locating hidden Objects Games / Chess / Miscellaneous Magnet / As Hidden Method / Box with Objects Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Jack McMillen	The Barbary Coast Scam	two red aces are separated in the deck and end up together, two versions, with a stooge seemingly heckling the performer		1981	Sleights & Swindles	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Checkers	"Two Tricks" three reds and three blacks alternated, dealing procedure to separate colors or turn every other card over		1981	The Chronicles (Issue 30)	1363	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Foreword	"I don't really know Ben Harris. We are not close friends."		1981	Magic from which Memories are Made!	4	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Ben Harris	Washout Wonder	routine for Dusheck's props, coin from washer, coin through hole of washer becomes small coin and vanishes	Inspired by "Washout" (Steve Dusheck, marketed item)	1981	Magic from which Memories are Made!	26	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous
R. D. Merrill	Check List			1981	Merrill's Knife Book	53	Articles / Articles
	Lustige Vortragssplitter	collection of gags and lines Zu Störenfrieden in Publikum (heckler stoppers) Zwischenbemerkungen, zum Überbrücken von Pausen Bemerkungen für bestimmte Kunststücke und Situationen Eröffnungsgags Für Bauchredner		May 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)	24	Ventriloquism Articles / Joke
Wayne Dobson	Chain Reaction	ring appears on chain, with flash paper	Related to Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1991) Variations Ring of Fire (Douglas Cameron, 1992)	Aug. 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 16)	300	Chain / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Appearance & Production Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Gordon Hoener	On the Fine Art of Getting Paid - Part Two	Get A Good Agent Get Paid In Cash Ask For A Cashier's Check The Personal Check Payment In Full Legal Action Can Be Expensive Use A Contract		Apr. 1982	Magick (Issue 305)	1525	Articles / Business and Publicity
Gene Nielsen	Mental-Market	slips with groceries written on them, prediction of real items in a bag, forcing bag with flap	Related to Check Mate (Gene Nielsen, 1976) Variations Veiled Chancellor (Gene Nielsen, 1985) Help Yourself! (Jeff Busby, 1985)	Nov. 1982	Magick (Issue 312)	1559	Billet / Force Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
	Rice Vase	rice inside a vase change into orange, ball or checkers, various models by Bland, Conradi, Willmann, Thayer, Klingl, John Gaughn, Owen, Mysto Magic, Tayeda		1982	Further Classic Magic With Apparatus	31	Ball / Ball & Vase Food / Rice Food / Fruit Apparatus / Miscellaneous
	Checker Cabinet	variations of Okito's Checker Cabinet, Thayer, Owen, Hamilton, Resor, Hughes, Loring Campbell	Inspired by Checker Cabinet (Theo "Okito" Bamberg, David Tobias Bamberg, 1973)	1982	Further Classic Magic With Apparatus	48	Silk & Handkerchief / Transposition Black Art Apparatus / Miscellaneous Checkers / Miscellaneous
Eugene Burger	Hecklers		Also published here Hecklers (Eugene Burger, 2000)	1982	Secrets and Mysteries for the Close-up Entertainer	39	Articles / Theory & Essays
Steve Dusheck	Dollar-Bill Coin Fold			1983	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2	66	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Paperfolds
David Ben	Check-Out Time	check in restaurant is torn, pieces vanished, reappear in purse		July 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 7)	793	Paper / Torn & Restored
Steve Beam	Reward	huge check in envelope as an insurance, when turned over it matches the selection		1983	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 2)	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Charlie Miller	Dark Eyes	anecdote, Miller apparently heckled Kuda Bux during the blindfold act		July 1983	Magick (Issue 321)	1603	Articles / Anecdotes
Charles T. Jordan	Just al Contrario	No. 9, card chosen and replaced, deck cased and dumped out again so the spectator can check it, card turns over, stripper card held back and then deck replaced reversed	Also published here Just the Reverse (Charles T. Jordan, 1937)	1983	La Baraja Biselada	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Steve Dusheck, Thomas Alan Waters	Coin-Nection	chosen coin is predicted in a box, another chosen coin vanishes and reappears in box, magnets		1984	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3	90	Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Advertisement	Heckler-Splat		1984	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 3)	50	Articles / Joke
Steve Dusheck	Dusheck's Dollar	convincing cut and restored bill		1984	Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2	119	Bill / Torn & Restored
Karl Fulves	Checkers	No. 16, off-beat dealing and turnover of packets, 3&3		1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Steve Dusheck	Reputation Ring	performer's ring links with borrowed ring, slit		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	7	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber)
Steve Dusheck	Locked Ring	borrowed ring reappears at locked chain necklace		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	8	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Jewelry
Steve Dusheck	Dusheck's Ring Trick	no reel		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	9	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring Flight
Steve Dusheck	Ring Finale	performer's ring and spectator's ring put in left pocket, both are linked onto key chain ring in right pocket		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	11	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring Flight
Steve Dusheck	Walkoff	ring vanishes after being knotted on rope		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	40	Ring / Finger Rings / Vanish Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Steve Dusheck	A Routine for Walkoff	spectator's ring knotted on rope transposes with performer's, with Himber Ring		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	41	Ring / Finger Rings / Transposition Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Steve Dusheck	I.O.U.	finger ring vanishes, using gaffed ballpoint pen with hook		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	59	Ring / Finger Rings / Vanish Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Ring-a-Ding-Ding	ring pull, paper clip hookup	Also published here M.U.M.	1984	Magic with Finger Rings	61	Pull & Holdouts Ring / Finger Rings / Vanish
Steve Dusheck	The Red Diamond	diamond on finger ring changes color when tapped with playing card		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	65	Ring / Finger Rings / Transformation
Steve Dusheck	Color-Changing Ring	finger ring changes into more massiv ring in spectator's hand		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	66	Ring / Finger Rings / Transformation
Steve Dusheck	Eggsceptional Eggs	borrowed ring into nest of plastic eggs		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	67	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Apparatus / Nest of Boxes
Steve Dusheck	Ring into Salt Shaker	loaded from bottom		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	70	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring in Saltshaker
Steve Dusheck	Ring in Salt	different gaffed shaker		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	71	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring in Saltshaker
Jerry Mentzer	Commercially Available Effects with Rings	brief list Chain Reaction (Steve Dusheck) Ringer (Steve Dusheck) Grind a Ring (B.A.R., England) Ringo (Walt Rollins) Ring Flite (Paul Stone) Rattle Box		1984	Magic with Finger Rings	80	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring Flight Ring / Finger Rings / Miscellaneous
Steve Beam	Leftovers	on an idea for finding a check with muscle reading, a very risky idea to find a selected card over the phone, John Riggs		1985	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7)	120	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Articles / Columns Mental Magic / Effects / Contact & Muscle Reading
Richard Bartram, Jr.	Fun Page	black humorous gags for dealing with hecklers Gag Rag Crap Out Sit Tight Forced Laughter		1985	Close-Up of the Damned	24	Articles / Articles
Walter Webb	Check Mate	number prediction on a check		June 1985	Magick (Issue 352)	1758	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Shigeo Takagi, Karl Fulves	Japanese Checkers	No. 1, paper folded and cut into squares, really the squares remain all connected at a corner for form a sort of chain, challenge to get all squares out of a bag with one grip		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	1	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Topological Effects
Karl Fulves	Penny Checkers	"Penny Papers"		1985	S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 2)	37	Coin / Effect Themes / Puzzle
Steve Dusheck	On to the Vest	invisible vest under jacket, left side for vanishing and right side for loading Adjustments to the Vest Adjusting the Production Vest Topit adjustments		1985	The Dusheck Vest	2	Body Loading Pocket Techniques / Topit Animal / Dove / Body Load Production Clothing / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	A sample Production	body loading production with Dusheck Vest, from mouth coil		1985	The Dusheck Vest	4	Body Loading Animal / Dove / Body Load Production Paper / Paper Streamers and Mouth Coils
Steve Dusheck	Another Production (Or Vanish)	using Dusheck Vest, with handkerchief		1985	The Dusheck Vest	8	Body Loading Pocket Techniques / Topit
Steve Dusheck	Auto-Steal Silk	also "Auto-Silk", production item (jumbo coin) on thread, attached to silk through hole	Related to Some Steve Dusheck Ideas!! (Steve Dusheck, 1985) Also published here Auto Silk (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1985	The Dusheck Vest	10	Body Loading Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences
Steve Dusheck	Close-up Vest	using Dusheck Vest to store items for close-up or walk-around, pocket management		1985	The Dusheck Vest	12	Clothing / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Dusheck's Jumbo Coin Retention Vanish		Also published here Jumbo Coin Retention Vanish (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	1985	The Dusheck Vest	13	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Jumbo Coins Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Retention of Vision Vanish
Steve Dusheck	Jumbo Coin Vanish	with topit	Inspired by The Topit Book, Michael Ammar, p. 23	1985	The Dusheck Vest	14	Pocket Techniques / Topit Coin / Sleights / Ditching Coins
Steve Dusheck	Some Steve Dusheck Ideas!!	1. producing large items with Auto-Silk 2. half objects for loading, like half bottle, to make load thinner	Related to Auto-Steal Silk (Steve Dusheck, 1985)	1985	The Dusheck Vest	15	Body Loading Bottle / Appearance & Production
Steve Dusheck	Safety Pin or Knife Switch	with topit		1985	The Dusheck Vest	16	Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous Pocket Techniques / Topit Safety Pin / Miscellaneous
Bruce Bernstein	Just In Case	prediction of name of heckler	Also published here Just In Case (Bruce Bernstein, 2012)	1985	Psi-Tech	19	Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Steve Dusheck	Wine & Dine	account of an impromptu performance, torn and restored dollar bill, it then changes and travels into a wine bottle, posed as a problem	Related to Jack Chanin's "Rip-It"	May 1985	New Directions (Issue 1)	19	Bill / Torn & Restored Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bottle / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	"Chop"	four cards with hole in them, one card is pulled out partially and it penetrates finger put through hole of other cards	Also published here Chop (Steve Dusheck, 1992)	Oct. 1985	New Directions (Issue 2)	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
Steve Dusheck	Quandary	coin changes metal twice (silver, copper, gold), then coin changes into broken pieces		Oct. 1985	New Directions (Issue 2)	13	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Gaffed / Double Headed or Tailed Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Torn & Bent Coin
Steve Dusheck	Straw Coin Holder	made from straw		Oct. 1985	New Directions (Issue 2)	13	Straw Coin / Gaffed / Holder & Loading
Larry Jennings	T.N.T. Bottom Deal	Take and Turn	Related to The Quick Check Bottom Deal (Larry Jennings, Benjamin Earl, 2013)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	141	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Bottom Deal / Push Out
Gary Ouellet	ProControl Techniques	1. Cutting to the Key Card 1.1. The Normal Cut 1.2. The Drop Cut 1.3. The Swing Cut 2. Returning the Selected Card to the Deck 3. Security Check		1986	ProControl	18	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Long Card
Bascom Jones	The Mystic Word	on Neal Lester, Larry White, Steve Dusheck		Aug. 1986	Magick (Issue 376)	1880	Articles / Articles
Paul Sorrentino	Cheek to Cheek	joke, mooning a heckler with a painted bald head		1987	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20)	336	Articles / Joke
Ron Wilson	Slow-Motion Newspaper Tear		Related to The Visual Torn and Restored Newspaper (Alex Elmsley, 1991) Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1991)	1987	The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson	135	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
Lee Noble	Feint	prediction of chosen word, word is apparently shown before, erasable pen, Dusheck's E.S.P. en		Oct. 1987	Magick (Issue 396)	1978	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Secretly erasing Writing
Jay Sankey, Richard Sanders	Ending #2: The Rubber Room Rise	deck rubber banded, spectator checks that his card is not on top, but then it is		1987	When Creators Collide...	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes
Thomas Hierling	Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift?	two pieces of paper, holes punched in both one hole travels from one paper to other paper held by spectator, Bud Dietrich credited with plot	Related to Hole Flight (Harvey Rosenthal, 1982) Variations Sprechen Sie Blindenschrift? (Thomas Hierling, 1988) "Effektiv" lochen (Axel Hecklau, 2004)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	46	Paper / Hole effects (e.g. traveling)
Geoffrey Durham	Egg on Fan		Related to Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1992) Also published here Ei auf Fächer (Geoffrey Durham, 1995)	Oct. 1987	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 2)	14	Egg / Egg on Fan
José Carroll	Instructions	signed card appears bound in spiral-bound booklet	Related to Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1991) Variations Instrucciones (para realizar un milagro) (Alberto de Figueiredo, Román García, 2019) Instructions for a Miracle (Friedrich Roitzsch, 2022) Instructions for a Miracle (Friedrich Roitzsch, 2023) Also published here Instructions (José Carroll, 2019)	1988	52 Lovers	157	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Book
Edward Marlo	Sophisticated 26 Card Faro Check	using riffle shuffle and block transfer	Related to 26 Card Cut (Jerry Sadowitz, 2004)	1988	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6	161	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Cutting at 26
John Ferrentino	Comedy Clubs	#7 - The Audience & Hecklers		Feb. 1988	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 1)	11	Articles / Business and Publicity
Dai Vernon	Cashing a Check	check is torn, burned in flash, changes to bill		1989	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3	156	Bill / Appearance & Production Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
John Bannon	Trick Shot Production	producing eight ball from card case	Variations Checkmate (Harapan Ong, 2018) Also published here Trick Shot Production (John Bannon, 1991)	1989	Without	8	Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Production & Appearance Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
	Penny Checkers	No. 43, layout puzzle		1989	Self-Working Coin Magic	46	Coin / Effect Themes / Puzzle
G. W. Lewthwaite	Sharper's Game	No. 48, layout puzzle with coins on checkerboard, spectator loses		1989	Self-Working Coin Magic	50	Coin / Effect Themes / Puzzle
David Regal	You'd Swear There were Duplicates		Related to Check It Out (Douglas Cameron, 1991)	Dec. 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 12)	1861	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Harry Lorayne	Two-Time Mate	two mates are found with help of spectator by cutting two face-up cards in the deck, two methods	Inspired by Mated! (Harry Lorayne, 1962) Variations Checkmate (Justin Higham, 1992)	1990	Trend Setters	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates
Michael Ammar, Doc Eason	Relationship Strategies	Other Bartenders Cocktail Waitresses Waiters Big Tippers Hecklers Regulars Magicians The Crowd		1990	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)	8	Articles / Articles
Doc Eason, Michael Ammar	Bar Bits	New York Subway New Jersey "Lime, comin' down..." Slow Drinkers The Good Natured Heckler The Best Joke Dinner Calls		1990	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)	26	Articles / Articles Articles / Joke
Ken Simmons	Simmon's Wallet Combination Routine	blank papers change into checks one at a time, then several, then into money bills, using Himber Wallet		1990	Finally!	8	Wallet Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / Props
Ken Simmons	Quick Change	half dollar changes into copper coin in presence of Chinese coin, copper/silver/brass	Related to "Wash-Out" (Steve Dusheck)	1990	Finally!	36	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Copper-Silver-Brass Routines Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation (not so visual)
Gary Ouellet	The Challenge Factor	on being challenged, heckler		1990	Close Up Illusions	225	Articles / Theory & Essays

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